Documents and files

You manage documents and files on the Documents & Files page.

To open the Documents & Files page, in the main menu in the upper part of the screen, click Content » Documents & Files.
The Documents & Files page appears, displaying a list of all created libraries together with actions you can perform on them.
Use this page to manage document libraries and upload and edit documents or files.

Permissions for documents, files, and libraries

You can set permission for all documents, files, and libraries and you can set individual permissions for each document, file, or library.

To change the permissions for all documents and files, on Documents & Files page, click Permissions link in the right side of the page.
The Permissions for Documents page appears.
To change permissions for all libraries, in the main menu, click Administration » Permissions » by Section » Libraries.
For more information about changing permissions, see Changing global and section permissions » Step 2 to Step 4.

For more information about setting individual permissions for documents, files, and libraries, see Changing permissions of an individual item.

Custom field for documents and files

You can add a custom field to all documents and files. A custom field is a field that you create. For each document or file there are default fields, such as author, title, etc. If you need to add different than the already existing fields, you must create a custom field.

To manage the custom fields of documents and files, on Documents & Files page, click Custom Fields link in the right pane of the page.
For more information, see Custom fields.

You then display a custom field on your website by adding it to a template for displaying documents and files.
For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

Displaying documents and files on your website

To display the documents and files you have uploaded on your website, you must use the Document link widget and the Download list widget and configure them to display the document or file.
For more information, see Document link widget and Download list widget.
For more information, see Add widgets on your page or template.

You can then choose the way documents and files are displayed by changing the template, which the Document link and Download list widget uses.
For more information, see Creating and editing widget templates.

Linking or embedding a document or file

On Documents & Files page click Embed link to this file link of the respective document or file.

• To link a document or file, copy the content of the Link input field.
  For example you can copy the link and paste it in an e-mail.
• To embed a link to a document or file in HTML, copy the content of the Embed field and paste it in HTML code.
  For example, you can embed a link to a document in the text, using the text editor in HTML mode.